Climate Change News Roundup: 28 November 2010

by billlaurelMD

Looks like a duality of riches: CCNR#1

What elements of climate result in drought? And how is drought impacted by global warming?  Here's a diary on surface water balance, and then some recent findings from climate change researchers on drought that the "primer" on water balance will help you better understand why reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a social, economic, and political imperative.

A graphic telling the tale is below. The original study by NCAR (Meehl et al, 2007) was published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

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Calling all bloggers! Climate Conference in Cancun.

by rb137

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, will be held from November 29 to 10 December 2010, and it includes the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP 16) and the sixth Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 6), among other regular climate meetings (see link).

This 12-day conference kicks off tomorrow, when delegates the world over will talk about climate financial aid, energy, deforestation, and attempt to forge a path to a comprehensive, international climate deal. Among the key objectives is focusing on the climate impact on developing countries, and pointedly launching a "Green Fund" as a primary source for aid to poor countries that suffer the brunt of climate change, as promised at Copenhagen. The need is expected to reach $100 billion by 2020.

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Dawn Chorus: Fall in New England

by juliewolf

I love living in Vermont.  Our birds aren't as exotic as the Southwestern Species, and we don't commonly get the coastal excitement that they do over in NH and MA, but we get birds that are adaptable to the cold.  Fall in Vermont is especially interesting because we get boreal birds passing through as well as some occasional surprises.  One surprise happened to me just the other day in the form of this Barred Owl

                               

I didn't photograph it for long, but apparently it's been hanging out in this one spot, not far from my house (I could walk there without too much hassle), for months.  

Below the fold, I'll share some of our other local Fall birds, as well as a fairly major surprise/life bird.

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Gulf Watchers Sunday - More Agencies Point Fingers at BP - BP Catastrophe AUV #432

by Yasuragi

You are in the current Gulf Watchers BP Catastrophe - AUV #432. ROV #431 is here.

Bookmark this link to find the latest Gulf Watchers diaries.

Please RECOMMEND THIS DIARY, the motherships have been discontinued.

Gulf Watchers Diary Schedule
Monday - evening drive time
Wednesday - morning
Friday - morning
Friday Block Party - evening
Sunday - morning

Part one of the digest of diaries is here and part two is here.

Please be kind to kossacks with bandwidth issues. Please do not post images or videos. Again, many thanks for this.

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Today

by Miep

Funny how these are called diaries. That dates back some.

This is a diary. It's about my life, today, maybe last few days. Also about a lot of stuff I've been thinking and writing about.

I hope y'all appreciate this.

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